How to use comma with "non-defining relative clause" ?
Hello.
Everyone knows that it is required to put two commas(beginning-end) when "non-defining" is used.
Example: I decided to take Jansenn, who is 25 yars old, to my house.
How about "defining clause" ?
I know that a comma is not put at the beginning of "defining clause", okay.
But If I don't a comma at the end of "defining"(when defining relative clause is used at the middle of sentence), the meaning of sentence can be mixed.
That's because, the sentence of relative clause and main sentence are combining with each other.
Like;
I decided to take the man who is 25 years old to my house.
Where is relative clause? Where is main sentence? Objects are not seen easily.
So I think to put a comma after the relative clause like this;
I decided to take the man who is 25 years old, to my house.(I think it is best)
What do you think? Thank you..
Top answer
Jawel I decided to take the man who is 25 years old to my house. This is written as a defining clause: you are distinguishing "the man who is 25 years old" from other men. However, because it is a slightly awkward and unnatural sentence, there may be some doubt about whether it was intended that way, or whether it was supposed to have commas.
- Jawel I decided to take the man who is 25 years old to my house.
- This is written as a defining clause: you are distinguishing "the man who is 25 years old" from other men.
- However, because it is a slightly awkward and unnatural sentence, there may be some doubt about whether it was intended that way, or whether it was supposed to have commas.
- Jawel I decided to take the man who is 25 years old, to my house.
- The single comma is illogical.
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JawelI decided to take the man who is 25 years old to my house.
This is written as a defining clause: you are distinguishing "the man who is 25 years old" from other men. However, because it is a slightly awkward and unnatural sentence, there may be some doubt about whether it was intended that way, or whether it was supposed to have commas.
0I decided to take the man who is 25 years old, to my house. No.
Think of a comma as a slight pause in speaking. A native speaker would not pause there.
On the other hand, the pause before and after a non-defining clause serves to make it clear that it is parenthetical information.
0JawelI know that a comma is not put at the beginning of "defining clause", okay.
It is not placed at the end of a defining clause, either.
Commas are used to set off (separate) parenthetical (unnecessary) syntactic units from the rest of the sentence. A non-defining clause is one type of these parenthetical units. There are others. Here are so
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